Gable forming member



Feb. 4, 1941. EN lN 2,230,248

GABLE FORMING'MEMBER Filed Jan. 28, 1939 2 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOFE CarlHennihg ATTORNEY 2 Sheets-ShgaeM 2 Fig.4 46' R m? 4 4 1 Z 8 m BY CarlHehrling Q% A QM ATTORNEY Feb. 4, 1941.

Filed Jan. 28, 1939 Fig. 6

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Patented Feb. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GABLE FORMINGIVIEIVIBER Application January 28, 1939, Serial No. 253,372

17 Claims.

My invention relates to metallic building structures, and moreparticularly to a gable construction for metal houses, which forms partof a wall comprising box-like columns and wall panels,

such as described in my co-pending application Serial No. 237,249, filedOctober 27, 1938, on Wall construction for metal houses, of which thisapplication is a continuation in part.

My invention relates to walls for metal buildings, and particularly togable members for such buildings that are adapted to be mounted betweencorner columns, such as described and shown in the above mentionedapplication, and which are associated with Wall panel members thatalternate with columns forming the wall of the building, in a manner soas to be interlocked with the wall panels and firmly secured to thecolumns.

It is a further purpose of my invention to provide a gable member of theabove mentioned character in a metallic building that is provided withnew and improved means for mounting the same on a wall member, so thatsaid gable member is interlocked with the wall panels and clampedthereto, and further to provide means forming an interlocking connectionbetween in termediate columns and the gable members and means forclamping the gable members to said intermediate columns.

It is a further purpose of my invention to provide a gable member of theabove mentioned character that has a depending outwardly offset bottomportion thereon, that overlaps the wall panel members with which thesame is associated, and finishes off the joint between the wall panelmembers and the gable member.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will appear as thedescription of the drawings proceeds. I desire to have it understood,however, that I do not intend to limit myself to the particular detailsshown or described, but that I intend to include as part of myinvention'all such obvious changes and modifications as would occur to aperson skilled in the art and as would fall within the scope of theclaims.

Inthe drawings:

Fig. 1 is an inside elevatlonal view of the gable member, forming thesubject of my invention, partly broken away.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view, on an enlarged scale,through the lower portion of my improved gable member and the upperportion of a wall panel member associated therewith.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional on an enlarged scale,through the upper portion 7 of an intermediate column and the portion ofthe gable member connected thereto, the section being takensubstantially on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional View, taken substantiallyon the line 5-5 of Fig. 4.

Fig, 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4, of a modification.

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary section, taken on the line l1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 8 is a fragmentary section, on an enlarged scale, takensubstantially on the line 88 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 9 is a fragmentary section, on an enlarged scale, takensubstantially on the line 99 of Fig. 1,

Referring in detail to the drawings, the gable member, forming thesubject matter of my invention, is shown as having a body portion In,which has an inclined top edge portion 9 to which the angle member H issecured, by welding, or in any other manner, to provide means forsecuring the roof and similar members thereto. The body portion IU ofsaid gable member has aligning horizontal offsets I2 therein formingaligning shoulders, or flanges, extending outwardly from the main bodyportion of the gable near the bottom thereof, extending parallel to thebottom edge of said gable member and from which the vertical wallportions l3 depend, which are accordingly outwardly offset from the wallportion l0, and at the bottom edge portions of the outwardly offsetportions [3 horizontally extending flanges H extend inwardly andterminate in upwardly directed flanges, or lip portions, l5, which areslightly outwardly offset from the main body portion Ill. Thus hollowbox-like formations extending horizontally across the bottom of thegable, are provided, which are open on the rear faces thereof betweenthe flanges l 5 and the bottom portion of a trough, or channel-like,member secured to the body portion II], which will be described below,said hollow box-like flange portions providing members of beam-likeappearance at the bottom of the gable member, as will be apparent.

The channel-shaped, or trough-like member above referred to, has avertical wall portion I6, which lies face to face against the inner faceof the body portion Ill of the gable member and extends upwardly abovethe horizontal ledges, or

offsets, l2 and is, preferably, welded to said body portion I 6. Saidwall portion [6 extends below the ledges, or offsets, l2 a shortdistance, and the material of the trough-like member is bent at rightangles to provide a horizontally extending wall portion [7 extendingperpendicularly in- .wardly from the vertical wall portion E6, to formthe bottom wall of the channel, or trough-like member, provided on saidgable member. An upwardly extending wall l8 extends from the oppositeside of the bottom wall I"! substantially parallel to the wall portion[6, to substantially the height of the ledge, or horizontal offset, 12,said trough-like member being then bent horizontally inwardly from thewall portion l8 to provide a horizontal flange 18, which issubstantially parallel to the bottom wall I7.

The upper portion of the wall panel member, with which the gable memberis adapted to be associated, is shown in Fig, 2 as having an outer wallportion 20, which is provided with a clip thereon, which is made up of astrip 2! of metal, running substantially parallel to the top edge ofsaid member 26 and spaced from said top edge, running lengthwise of thepanel member and having a top portion, which is Welded to the outer faceof the wall 20 of said wall panel member, and having an ofiset 22therein to space the lower portion 23 thereof from said wall 20 asufiicient distance to receive the flange I5 between the same and saidwall 20. Said wall panel member further has a side flange 24 of thechannel-shaped, or grooved, top wall 25 thereof secured face to face tothe inner surface of the Wall 20, said channeled portion having also anupwardly extending flange portion 26 extending parallel to the flangeportion 24, an inwardly directed flange portion 21 and a depending lipportion 28, which serves to hold the member 29, of insulatingboard, inplace in the wall panel and also provides means for receiving thetrough-like, or channel-shaped, portion on the inner side of the gablemember depending below the horizontal ledges, or offsets, I2.

The bottom wall I! of the trough-like, or channel formation on the gablemember Ill, has an opening 30 therein, through which extends a U-shapedmember 3|, welded to the bottom of the channeled formation in the topwall 25 of the wall panel member. A wedge 32 is adapted to be engagedwith the keeper 3| and the upper face of the bottom wall I! of thechannel member on the gable member for clamping the gable member to thewall panel member.

To assemble the gable member with the wall panel member, said gablemember is put in position so that the upwardly extending flanges, orlips, I5 engage back of the portions 23 of the clips runninghorizontally along the outer faces 20 of the wall panel members, and thegable member is then moved upwardly, the space between the portions 23of the clips and the wall 20 permitting this, so that the channelformation on the inner side of the gable member Ill will be above thetop of the wall 20 and can be moved laterally into position in verticalalignment with the channels, or grooves, in the tops of the Wall panels.Then the gable member is moved downwardly to seat the bottom I! of thechannel formation thereon in engagement with the transverse walls of thegrooves, or channels, in the top walls 25 of the wall panel members. Theparts will then be in the position shown in Fig. 2, with the flanges l5still in engagement with the clip portions 23 and the box-likeformations on the gable member will overlap the top ends of the wallpanel members and finish off the joints between the wall panel and thegable members. The wedges 32 are then driven into position to firmlyclamp the wall panel members and the gable members together.

In Fig. 3 a fragmentary portion of a corner post is shown, which has anouter wall that has a wing-like extension 33 having an inwardly directedflange 34, which terminates in a flange, or lip, 35 extending parallelto the portion 33. gable member H] has a plane portion 36 at each sidethereof that extends beyond the end of the box-like formation on saidgable member, and has an inwardly directed flange 31 on the verticaledge thereof extending perpendicularly to the wall portion 36. The wallportion 36 engages flatly with the inner face of the flange, or lip, 35,and the flange 31 engages face to face with the web portion 38 of a 2bar having the flange 39 welded to the wing portion 33 on the cornercolumn, and the flange 40 at its inner edge, the flange 31 being securedto the web 38 by means of bolts 4| and nuts: 42.

The gable members are secured to the intermediate columns of thebuilding, which are located between a pair of adjacent wall panelmembers in the wall, in a similar manner to that in which the gablemembers are secured to the wall panel members. In Figs. 1, 4 and 9 theintermediate column is shown, which has an outer wall member 43 havingflanges 44 thereon that extend inwardly therefrom, and which are of thesame depth as the flanges M on the outwardly projecting hollow box-likeportions on the lower end portions of the gable members I0. It will benoted upon reference to Figs. 1 and 9 that the intermediate column showntherein fits between the hollow box-like portions on the bottom end ofthe gable member l0 and that the outer face of the member 43 is flushwith the outer face of the member [3. Said intermediate column also hasan inner member 45 having inwardly extending wall portions 46, which fitbetween the outwardly offset portions 41 of the vertical end walls, orflanges, 48 on the wall panel members, and which have a member 48'engaged with flanges on said members 46 for completing the vertical wallportion of the column.

The wall portions 46 of the intermediate column are provided with cutout portions,.or notches, 49 in the top edges thereof that aretransversely aligned with each other and are of a rectangular character.The intermediate column in the form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 isprovided with a top wall having the horizontally extending portions 50secured to the top edges of the walls 46, the vertically extendingportions 5| depending therefrom, and a transverse wall 52 engaging thebottom edge of the notch, or recess, cut in each of the walls 46 to thusform a channel-shaped, or wide grooved, portion in the top of saidintermediate column receiving the portions I6, I! and S8 of the channelshaped, or trough-like, member secured to the inner face of the gable,member [0 and secured thereto by means of a U-shaped member 3|extending through an opening 30 in the bottom wall I! and a wedge-likemember 32, such as previously described as being used in connection withthe wall panel member. Thus the gable member is clamped in interlockingrelationship to the top of the intermediate column, as well as to thewall panel members of the wa with which it is associated.

Instead of providing a complete top wall for The the intermediatecolumn, the top edge portion of each of the two walls 46 of theintermediate column may be notched so as to provide a rectangular cut.out, or recess, therein, as above described in connection with Fig. 4,and a bridging piece 53 may be merely welded to the edges of the walls46 at the bottom portion-s of the cut outs, or notches, therein, asshown in Fig. 6, the U-shaped member 3| being secured to said bridgingpiece 53 and the wedge member 32 utilized in the same manner as in theform of the invention shown in Fig. 4, the flange IS on the member I6resting on the top edge 54 of each of the walls 46, instead of on aportion of the top wall of the column.

In order to carry out the beamed effect of the gable member and wallwith which the same is associated, the gable member is provided with ahollow box-like member 55 having the inwardly directed flanges 55thereon that are welded to the outer face of the body portion It], saidmember 55 being of the same width as the outer member 43 of theintermediate column between the flanges 44, and of the same depth as theflanges 44 and the members l2, as will be evident from Figs. 4, 8 and 9.

The angle member I I and a clip 51, similar to the clip 2|, are utilizedfor securing an ornamental trim member 58 to the top edge portion of thegable member in along the outer face thereof, the shape of the trimmember 58 being substantially that of the gutter member utilized on thebuilding, so as to have a similar finish around the edges of the roof onall four sides of the building. Said member 58 has a bottom portion 59having an upwardly extending flange 60, which is received back of theoutwardly offset portion SI of the clip 51, and has a top horizontalwall 62, which has a hollow box-like flange 63 thereon terminating in ahorizontal flange 54, said portion 52 and the flange 64 being welded tothe inwardly extending leg of the angle II and extending over the topinclined edge portion of the wall I5, so as to finish off the wall andalso to provide means for engaging a clover leaf corrugation 65 on aroof element 66 therewith,

suitable securing means being utilized for fastening the roof elementsto the gable member. The member 58 is secured in position by firstengaging the flange 50 under the clip 6!, after which the top wall 62 isengaged with the angle member II and welded thereto so as to interlockthe member 58 with the gable member. Said member 58 may have any desirednumber of steps, or offsets, 61 therein, or be finished in any otherdesired manner to give the desired ornamental effect thereto.

It will be noted that the gable member, above described, connects thecorner columns of the building so as to provide a definite spacingbetween the same and thus maintains the position of the wall panelmembers and intermediate columns between the corner columns.Furthermore, due to the interfitting formations on the wall panels andthe gable member and the interfitting formations on the intermediatecolumns and the gable member, these are all fixed in position relativeto the gable member and to each other. Thus a very rigid structure isobtained with all the parts fixed definitely relative to each other, yeta structure is provided that can be very quickly assembled without theuse of any tools except a Wrench and a hammer. Of the greatestimportance, however, is the fact that this is accomplished withoutsacrificing the appearance of the building, the building having aconventional appearance of similar buildings made of other materials,such as wood, for example, and not the appearance of the usual metallicbuilding that detracts from its usefulness for residence purposes. Astructure utilizing the .applicants gable construction will havesubstantially the same appearance externally as a building made ofconventional building materials and there are thus no objectionablefeatures to the appearance of the building due to the use of sheet metalas a building material, as has been previously the case due to theunconventionality of the appearance of metallic buildings previouslyconstructed of sheet metal or their similarity to commercial structures,such as warehouses, barns and sheds.

What I claim is:

1. In metallic building structure, a gable member having an outwardoffset therein at a point spaced from. the bottom edge thereof, avertical wall portion depending from the outer edge of said offset, anda flange extending inwardly from said vertical wall portion at itsbottom edge.

2. In metallic building structure, a gable member having a verticalwall, having an outward offset therein, said outward offset comprisingan upper horizontal portion at a point spaced from the bottom edge ofsaid member, and a vertical portion depending from said upper horizontalportion and an inwardly directed flange on said vertical portion at itsbottom edge, said inwardly flanged portion terminating in an upwardlydirected flange. 3. In metallic building structure, a gable memberhaving a vertical wall, having an outward offset therein, said outwardoffset comprising an upper horizontal portion at a point spaced from thebottom edge of said member, and flanged inwardly at its bottom edge, anda trough-like member on the inner side of said vertical wall adjacentthe upper horizontal portion of said offset.

4. In a metallic building structure, a gable member having a verticalwall offset outwardly at a point spaced from the bottom edge thereof,and flanged inwardly at its bottom edge, and a trough-like member on theinner side of said vertical wall adjacent said offset, said troughlikemember comprising a vertical wall portion secured to said firstmentioned vertical wall above said oifset and depending below saidoffset, a horizontal bottom wall, and an upwardly directed flange at theinner edge of said bottom wall.

5. In metallic building structure, a gable member having a vertical walloffset outwardly at a point spaced from the bottom edge thereof, andflanged inwardly at its bottom edge, and a trough-like member on theinner side of said vertical Wall adjacent said offset, said trough-likemember comprising a vertical wall portion secured to said firstmentioned vertical wall above said offset and depending below saidofiset, a horizontal bottom wall, and an upwardly directed flange at theinner edge of said bottom wall, said bottom wall having an openingthere- 6. In metallic building structure, a gable member having avertical wall offset outwardly at a point spaced from the bottom edgethereof, and flanged inwardly at its bottom edge, a trough- .like memberon the inner side of said vertical Wall adjacent said offset, andvertical flanges extending inwardly from said vertical wall at oppositeends of said gable member.

7. In metallic building structure, a gable member, a wall panel having aflat verticalouter face, means for securing said gable member to saidwall panel, said gable member overlapping said wall panel and engagingsaid outer face thereof at a point .spaced from the top edge of saidpanel, a column and means for securing said gable to said column, saidcolumn overlapping said gable member.

8. In metallic building structure, a gable member, a wall panel, meansfor securing said gable member to said wall panel, said gable memberoverlapping said wall panel and engaging the outer face thereof, acolumn and means for securing said gable to said column, said columnoverlapping said gable member, the portion of said gable memberoverlapping said wall panel comprising a vertical portion outwardlyofiset beyond the main body portion of said gable member.

9. In metallic building structure, a gable mem ber, a wall panel, meansfor securing said gable member to said wall panel, comprisinginterfitting channel members on said gable member and wall panel andmeans for clamping the same in interfitting engagement, said gablemember overlapping said wall panel, a column and means for securing saidgable to said column, said column overlapping said gable member.

10. In metallic building structure, a gable member, a wall panel, meansfor securing said gable member to said wall panel, said gable memberoverlapping said wall panel, a column and means for securing said gableto said column comprising an inwardly directed vertical flange on theside edge of said gable member, said column overlapping said gablemember.

11. In a metallic building structure, wall panels and columns, a gablemember, said panels and said gable member having interengaging channeledmeans thereon to interlock said panels and gable member, means forsecuring said g-able member to said columns, and means for clamping saidgable member to said panels at said in terengaging channeled means.

12. In a metallic building structure, wall panels and columns, a gablemember, said panels and said gable member having interengaging channeledmeans thereon to interlock said panels and gable member, means forsecuring said gable member to said columns, and means for clamping saidgable member to said panels at said interengaging channeled means, thebottom portion of said gable member overlap-ping the outer side of saidwall panels and the column overlapping th opposite ends of said gablemember.

13. In a metallic building structure, a gable member, a plurality ofspaced aligned hollow box-like formations at the bottom edge there'- ofextending lengthwise of said bottom edge, and an intermediate columnfitting between the adjacent ends of said formations.

14. In a metallic building structure, a gable member, a plurality ofspaced aligned hollow box-like formations at the bottom edge thereofextending lengthwise of said bottom edge, and a vertically extendinghollow box-like member on said gable member aligning with the spacebetween adjacent box-like formations.

15. In metallic building structure, a gable member, an intermediatecolumn, a channel member on said gable member, a recess in the upper endof said column, said channel member being mounted in said recess, atransverse wall at the bottom of said recess, and means for clampingsaid channel member to said transverse wall to interlock said gable andcolumn.

16. In metallic building structure, a gable member having inclined topedges, means providing an inwardly directed flange along the top edgesthereof, a clip on the outer face of said gable extending parallel to aninclined edge, and a box-like member having a flange thereon engagingsaid clip and a top wall overlying the inwardly directed flange on saidgable and secured thereto.

1'7. In metallic building structure, a' gable member having inclined topedges, means providing an inwardly directed flange along the top edgesthereof, a clip on the outer face of said gable extending parallel to aninclined edge, and a box-like member having a flange thereon engagingsaid clip and a top wall overlying the inwardly directed flange on saidgable and secured thereto, said top wall having a box-like flangeadjacent its inner edge.

CARL HENNING.

